vi Informational Links

The vi FAQ This is a link to the vi
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file. This should answer most of
the questions that people ask when becoming familiar with vi and
as such, is a good starting place to learn more (in addition to
the links below). The most recent vi FAQ can be retrieved (by ftp) from
rtfm.mit.edu.

UnixWorld VI Tutorials
This tutorial series starts with the fundamentals of editing with vi.
This page has links to all the installments. Other installments include
topics such as global operations, line mode addressing, substitution,
replacement, setting up the vi environment, editing in columns, and macros.

Mastering the VI Editor
Web-based VI training originally from the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Engineering.
Paul Sussex put a copy up on his site, www.susnet.co.uk, when the U. Hawaii files became
unreachable in July 2012. It is available as a
PDF.

Customizing vim
Instructions for customizing vim for programmers, people who use markup
languages, or who really love vim and want to make it operate better.

The vi Archive (FTP to ftp.uu.net)
This is a link to the mirror at ftp.uu.net of the alf.uib.no official vi archive (it uses
anonymous ftp). The archive
includes tutorials & command summaries, macros, source code, and
the comp.editors tip collection. Here is my unofficial HTML version of the
archive index
(approx. 32K HTML) which gives a brief description of, and links to, the files there.

vi Lover's Home Page
The place for all things vi, by Thomer M. Gil (tmgil@cs.vu.nl). Links
to many vi resources, sources, binaries, stories, FAQs, manuals, and
tutorials. Highly recommended!

vi Reference Mugs
If you love vi, you've got to have one of these mugs on your desk!
I ordered a set for myself, they arrived in just under a
week, and appear exactly as advertised. Should be a good
conversation starter... This site allows ordering via a secure
web page.

The Quine Page
A page devoted to programs which reproduce their own source
code. Includes several examples of quines for vi/vim/nvi/elvis.

comp.editors
comp.editors is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to text editors. Although
this newsgroup is for almost any kind of editor for any system, much
discussion of vi (and vim) takes place here: How do I do task Y in vi? Where can
I find...? What's wrong with my macro? and other topics, including the
perennial vi vs. emacs editor wars.

The VIM Home Page
VIM is Vi-IMproved, a
free vi clone with many extensions and great features
like syntax highlighting, folding, and unlimited undo.
This site provides much information on the use of vim.

Elvis's Home
A home page devoted to the Elvis editor, including the Elvis
manual, screen shots of Elvis on various platforms, links to
the Elvis source code, and other Elvis-related information.